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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679725431
ISBN-139780679725435
eBay Product ID (ePID)102883834
Product Key Features
Book TitleLimits to Friendship : the United States and Mexico
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicLatin America / Mexico, United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, International Relations / Diplomacy
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorRobert A. Pastor
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-040080
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"The brilliant result of [a] parallel authorship. [Pastor and CastaÛeda] have written Act One of the coming Mexico-U.S. relationship." --Carlos Fuentes
Dewey Decimal303.4/8273072
SynopsisWill the world of the twenty-first century be dominated by global companies, ethnic strife, or rogue tyrants? This definitive volume argues convincingly that the answer depends on the actions of the world's great powers, which will continue to set the rules affecting globalization, culture, and pariah regimes. In A Century's Journey, seven influential scholars trace the global strategies of the world's most powerful countries during the past 100 years. Through authoritative chapters on each great power, readers will learn how these countries redefined their interests in response to momentous changes and reshaped the world so that it bears only slight resemblance to the world of 1900., An unfettered, probing dialogue between Mexican and American political analysts on the complex relationship between their countries. Few nations are as closely interrelated as the United States and Mexico. Few relationships between nations are so prickly. America's inveterate problem-solving strikes Mexicans as clandestine imperialism. Mexicans are accused of ignoring the flow of drugs through their country; Americans are accused of saddling Mexico with their drug problem. Americans brood over the influx of Mexican immigrants; Mexicans worry that their culture and traditions are being diluted from the north. These differences are now aired--and their origins made clear--in this landmark book by a former official in the Carter administration and one of Mexico's most respected political scholars. In alternating chapters on foreign policy, economic relations, immigration, and social influence, Robert A. Pastor and Jorge C. Castañeda offer a multifaceted view of the ties and conflicts between their countries.